Analysis of the text “W.S.” The text under analysis is an extract from a short story “W.S.” by Leslie Poles Hartley‚ a well-known British novelist and short story writer best-known for his novels which include “Eustace and Hilda” trilogy (1947) and “The Go-Between” (1953). The story “W.S.” comes from “The complete short stories” of L. P. Hartley published posthumously in 1973. The story “W.S.” is about a novelist Walter Streeter who one day gets a postcard from Forfar signed W.S. He doesn’t pay
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person. The first paragraph has a lot of stylistic devices in order to rap the compliance of the reader and also demands for his involvement in the discussion. Ellipses are the main stylistic devices used in the first paragraph. It is used to make the reader read carefully and also thoughtfully and it prepare the audience for the essay. Also the use of Alliteration “strong smell” is significant in oder to make it clear for the reader how bad it smells. Stylistic devices are used very intelligent through
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The analysis of the text “From: W.S.” The text under study is taken from the book “The Complete Short Stories of L.P. Hartley” written by L.P. Hartley. Leslie Poles Hartley‚ an English novelist and the son of a solicitor was educated at Oxford’s College and for more than twenty years he was a fiction viewer for magazines. He wrote a lot of novels and made a great contribution to English fiction. “W.S.” was published posthumously in 1973. The genre chosen by the writer dictates the adoption of
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Both of the following two texts‚ a cartoon strip and an extract from a memoir‚ share similarities and differences regarding the theme and context‚ audience‚ purpose as well as certain formal and stylistic features. The first extract is a cartoon strip written in 1986 by Cathy Guisewite. The cartoon features four panels with three female characters with narrations and speech bubbles to emphasize dialogue and the message regarding women’s rights and sex stereotyping. The context of the cartoon
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Great Story: Several Intricate Factors "The Rattler" is a short story about a man who feels he has to kill a snake‚ but doesn’t want to. The snake is challenged with defending himself and avoiding the man. the author uses stylistic techniques in "The Rattler to convey feelings of power and force as well as feelings of remorse and compassion. The author’s diction heightens aggression and force behind the snake and the feelings of regret in the man. The man did not get any pleasure of killing an animal
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undermined ground that her house was built on. The fear of it being a brigand sets the emotional background for the “children’s story” which tells of burglaries constantly occurring. What stylistic devices create the atmosphere of children’s stories? How is this atmosphere related to the story’s theme? The stylistic devices that create the atmosphere of children’s stories are syntax and allegory. Syntax creates an element of suspense and mystery‚ like one might read in a children’s fantasy story. Some
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Look at the formal features and stylistic qualities of two works of art each by a different artist. The two works of art I am going to focus on are both sculptures that depict the biblical figure of David. One of them is by Donatello and the other by Michelangelo. Donatello’s “David” is an Italian early renaissance sculpture that was commissioned in the 1440’s and stands 158cm high which is life sized. It depicts a young David after he has slain Goliath this can be seen by the fact that
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projection in the light to show. All characters are painted in the sun‚ is very clear‚ but the face of Judah and part of the body in the dark shadow. The symbolism of the suggested technique‚ at the beginning of painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. About the stylistic influences‚ mural painter seems to have dispelled after the same theme because of The Last Supper‚ the same conception of a greater entrepreneurial ambitions. The Last Supper is regarded as the greatest miracle‚ mankind’s best paintings‚ the most
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much in technology music today is very complex‚ usually filled with many instruments and heavy sound. Art education and the arts itself have changed dramatically throughout the years due to the advancements in technology. 2. Describe (A) the stylistic trends and innovations and (B) the
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* Lexicology is the part of linguistics which studies words‚ their nature and meaning‚ words’ elements‚ relations between words (semantical relations)‚ word groups and the whole lexicon. The term first appeared in the 1820s‚ though there were lexicologists in essence before the term was coined. Computational lexicology as a related field (in the same way that computational linguistics is related to linguistics) deals with the computational study of dictionaries and their contents. An allied
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